Do you understand, gentlemen, that all the horror is in just this—that there is no horror!

I can enjoy her while she's kind;But when she dances in the wind,And shakes the wings and will not stay,I puff the prostitute away: The little or the much she gave is quietly resign'd: Content with poverty, my soul I arm; And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm.

[in Kenya]...any woman who is single and has multiple male sex partners is considered to be a prostitute, whether or not money changes hands.

[in India] Any sexual intercourse outside socially acceptable unions is likely to be regarded as prostitution.

[In Iran] Under mut'a, it is possible to be 'married' for as little as half an hour.

Egyptian law states that a man who is caught with a prostitute is not imprisoned; instead, his testimony is used to convict and imprison the prostitute.

Prostitutes are the inevitable product of a society that places ultimate importance on money, possessions, and competition.

Prostitution is organized rape.